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CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES (1969)

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CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1969
Decided: March 10, 1969
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
7-1
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanWilliam DouglasThurgood MarshallEarl WarrenByron White
Concurring
John Harlan II
Dissenting
Potter Stewart

CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 10, 1969. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1969.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Arizona U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
  • Petitioner: Newspaper, newsletter, journal of opinion, news service
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 131
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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